ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,285, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NXP B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Tamper detection for an enclosure of an electronic device" was invented by Nikita Veshchikov (Brussels).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tamper detection system for detecting tampering of an enclosure of an electronic device is provided. The tamper detection system includes a light source and a light sensor both mounted inside the enclosure and connected to a tamper detection circuit. The light sensor is spaced apart and separate from the light source. The light sensor is configured to sense light emitted by the light source, the light sensed by the light sens...